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Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh (born 1959) is a Saudi cleric who served as the minister of Islamic affairs, endowments, call and guidance of Saudi Arabia between 1996 and 2014, and again since 2015.[1] He is a member of the Al ash-Sheikh, the influential Saudi religious family.
Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh is a member of a noted family of Saudi religious scholars, the Al al-Sheikh. The Sheikh is well known for his studies of the fatwas of his grandfather, Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim.[2] He is a graduate from Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, from the Faculty of Fundamentals of Islamic Religion[3] and wrote several books on various topics of Islamic Sciences.[4]
He has been minister of Islamic affairs, endowments, call and guidance since 2000.[5] His term as minister of Islamic affairs, endowments, call and guidance ended on 8 December 2014 when Suleiman bin Abdullah Aba Al Khail replaced him in the post,[6] but only for a short time. He was re-appointed in February 2015.[7]
In July 2016, he met with the Minister of Civil Affairs of Bosnia, Adil Osmanovic, to discuss possible cooperation in educational reforms and investments in culture, economic development, and infrastructure. During the same month, the Sheikh met with Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Sardar Mohammed Yousaf to strengthen the ties between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.[8]
In July 2017, Al al-Sheikh called upon Qatar to change the name of the main mosque in Doha, the mosque Imam Abdul Wahaab, claiming that the Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, then the Emir of Qatar, had wrongly claimed himself as a descendant of Imam Abdul Wahaab.[9] In January 2018, Al al-Sheikh called for the defense of a Muslim Jerusalem, and publicly stated his support for the Palestinian cause.[10]
彼はイスラム教のハンバル学派に属し、 [ 11 ]イスラムの信仰と実践について幅広く執筆した。エッセイ「これがイスラムだ」の中で、彼は日常生活におけるイスラムの役割、特にアクィーダ（心から確信を持って信じる事柄）、礼拝、シャリーア（イスラム法）、政治体制、道徳、富と経済活動、国際関係、文明、意見の相違と対話、そして節度といった領域における役割を詳細に説明している。[ 12 ]
『フィタン（試練、苦難、災難）におけるムスリムの態度に関するイスラムの原則』の中で、シェイクは、ムスリムが争いや紛争に直面した際の最善の行動について述べています。彼は、そのような時に用いるべき9つの原則を提示しており、それは行動の仕方に関するものであり、また尊重しなければならない一般的な指針でもあります。[ 13 ]
サレハ・ビン・アブドゥルアジーズ・アル・アル・シェイクも『よくある間違いの解説』を執筆しており、その第40章「サラート（礼拝）におけるよくある間違い」では、イスラム教の礼拝中に犯されるよくある間違いと、体の姿勢や朗誦など、それらを修正する方法が概説されている。[ 14 ]